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Ma‘asé-Ester. A Judeo-Provençal poem about Queen Esther

A Critical Edition with Commentary

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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The Ma‘asé-Ester, “Esther’s affairs”, is a 14th-century Judeo-Provençal poem on the story of Esther, intended for a recital during the banquet for Purim. The short poem – recently discovered in the single manuscript that preserves it – is a new precious document that enriches a small corpus of medieval Judeo-Provençal texts. This book offers the first critical edition of the complete text accompanied by a detailed study of the sources and the language. It guides us in understanding why the story of Esther became such a popular theme in 14th-century Provence, and in what way the Avignon Papacy and the studies on Moses Maimonides influenced this literary novelty.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-04-21
Mått155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt610 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieÉtudes sur le judaïsme médiéval
Antal sidor274
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004514225

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PrefaceAcknowledgementsEditor’s NoteIntroduction1 Judeo-Provençal Texts on Queen Esther: Dates and Context2 Narrating Purim in Medieval Provence: Wine Songs and Prayers3 Esther, an Inspirational Example of Provençal Jews4 Roman d’ Esther: Text, Author, Audience5 Biblical Inspiration and Jewish Themes6 Romanz and Romance Themes7 The Omniscient Author, the Modernization and the Irony8 Maʿasé-Ester or “Esther’s Affairs”9 Text, Content and Style10 Metrical Structure11 Between Oral Tradition and Authorial Rearrangement12 A Text in Search of an AuthorThe Maʿasé-Esther: Text and Commentary1 The Text2 Alterations in the Manuscript3 Maʿasé-Esther1 Text2 Notes to the Text4 Linguistic Study1 Phonetics: Vocalism2 Phonetics: Consonantism3 Morphology4 Syntax5 Vocabulary5 Glossary of Provençal Terms6 Glossary of Hebrew Terms7 Transcription of the Manuscript Text8 Transcription in Latin Letters9 The Codex unicus1 The ms. Rome, Casanatense 31402 Physical Description of the Manuscript and the Scripts3 Structure4 State of Preservation5 Decorations, Notes and Annotations to the Text6 A Composite Manuscript7 Story of a Book and of the Person Who Wrote it8 Watermarks9 Ms. Rome, Casanatense 3140: Photo-Reproductions of Fols. 190v–192rBibliographyIndex of Special Terms